Bunbury, Richard Hanmer

Richard Hanmer Bunbury, 1813-1857


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Richard Hanmer Bunbury: Profile Biography Research Notes

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Columns:	R [Role]; S [Sources].

Roles:	= Government Office (Paid); = Government Duties (Unpaid); = On leave; = TBD; = Agriculture; = Private enterprise; = Parliament;
	= British Army; = Royal Marines; = British Militia; = Colonial Militia; = East India Company Army; = Royal Navy; = Other Maritime;
	= Education; = Army Education; = Navy Education; = Immigration; = Emigration; = Other voyage.

Abbreviations:	BB = Blue Book; CCL = Commissioner of Crown Lands; CP = Chinese Protector; CPS = Clerk of Petty Sessions; GC = Gold Commissioner;
	GR = Gold Receiver; GW = Gold Warden; JP = Justice of the Peace (Magistrate); PM = Police Magistrate;
	FN = Footnotes; PSL = Public Service List; S/S1/S2 = Source; TBC/TBD = To be confirmed/determined.

Appointments:	= Appointed; = Reappointed; = Promoted; = Demoted; = Redesignated; = Succeeded/Replaced; = Transferred to; = Made permanent;
	= Retired; = Dismissed; = Passed (Examinations); = Paid as (role).
	British Army: = Purchase of Commission; = Exchange rank/regiment; = Reduced to Reserve list; = Retired by sale of Commission.

Sources (S, S1, S2):	= Blue Book; = Blue Book derived; = Government Gazette; = Government Gazette derived; = Public Service List; = Public Service List derived;
	= Report; = Book; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death document; = Birth/Baptism/Marriage/Death extract; = Cemetery; = Census; = Legal;
	= Newspaper family notice; = Newspaper article; = Magazine article; = Unconfirmed; = Military service record; = Internet.

Other Symbols:	= External link.

Dates:	Dates are in YYYY-MM-DD format. Ongoing = Continues into next calendar year; New date; Date changed in source; Date died; Date to be confirmed.
	"Original" is the date the person commenced the role. For example, when first appointed a Police Magistrate, regardless of later re-appointments and re-assignments.

Unconfirmed:	All text in magenta is unconfirmed.

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Life Events

Born:	18 December 1813	Mildenhall Manor, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England [01] [02].
Baptised:	9 July 1814	St George's Church of England, Hanover Square, Westminster, Middlesex, England [03].
Married:	19 December 1838	Malta, to Sarah Susanna Sconce [1816-1897] [04] [05].
Arrived:	1 March 1841	Melbourne, Port Phillip District, Colony of NSW, on the barque Argyle. Departed London/Plymouth, 11 November 1840 [06] [07] [08].
Died:	23 April 1857	Prince of Wales Hotel, Melbourne, Colony of Victoria, aged 43 years [09] [10].
Buried:	April 1857	Melbourne General Cemetery, Parkville, Colony of Victoria [Grave: Church of England, Section H, No 0463] [11] [12].

Golden Colony Roles

Victoria:

Police Magistrate:

1851

Career

Original	Gazetted	From	To	Age	R	Title	State	Department	District	S	Comments	FN
		1827-01-23	1833-07-30	13		First Class Volunteer		Royal Navy
		1829-01-29	1830-04-29	15		First Class Volunteer, HMS Rattlesnake		Royal Navy			Midshipman.
		1830-06-24	1831-03-02	16		Midshipman, HMS Ganges		Royal Navy			Lieutenant.
		1833-07-31		19		Lieutenant		Royal Navy
		1833-10-14		19		Lieutenant, HMS Thunderer		Royal Navy
		1837-03-15		23		Lieutenant, HMS Minden		Royal Navy
		1837-08-29		23		Lieutenant, HMS Victory		Royal Navy
		1837-12-09		23		Lieutenant, HMS Princess Charlotte		Royal Navy
		1838-01-20		24		Lieutenant, HMS Castor		Royal Navy
		1838-07-27		24		Lieutenant, HMS Asia		Royal Navy			Commander.
		1839-05-10		25		Commander		Royal Navy Retired
		1856-04-01	1857-04-23	42		Captain		Royal Navy Retired			Captain. Died.

References

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Notes
01⇑	Births - Bunbury; Bury and Norwich Post, 29 December 1813, p 2 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 30 December 2023].
02⇑	Bernard Burke, Ashworth Burke; A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, 66th Edition; Harrison and Sons, London, 1914, p 332.
03⇑	Westminster Baptisms - St George, Hanover Square, Middlesex, [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 30 December 2023].
04⇑	Married - Bunbury-Sconce; The Suffolk Chronicle, 9 February 1839, p 2 [Find My Past (Membership required) ; 30 December 2023].
05⇑	Bernard Burke, Ashworth Burke; A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage and Baronetage, 66th Edition; Harrison and Sons, London, 1914, p 332.
06⇑	Shipping Intelligence - Arrivals; Port Phillip Gazette (Melbourne), 3 March 1841, p 3 [Trove; 8 April 2023].
07⇑	Marten A Syme; Shipping Arrivals and Departures, Victorian Ports, Volume 1 1798-1845; Roebuck Society, Canberra, 1984; p 58.
08⇑	Argyle Passenger List, Public Record Office of Victoria, VPRS 14, Book 2 [PROV; 25 April 2023].
09⇑	Births, Deaths and Marriages Victoria Death Certificate D1857-002589.
10⇑	Died - Bunbury; The Argus (Melbourne), 25 April 1857, p 3 [Trove; 21 March 2023].
11⇑	Correspondence from Melbourne General Cemetery.
12⇑	Richard H Banbury [sic] [Find a Grave; 26 May 2023]
13⇑	Also his wife on p 110.

Further Reading

Profile:	Bunbury, Richard Hanmer (1813-1857); in: Joan Kerr (Editor); The Dictionary of Australian Artists: Painters, Sketchers, Photographers and Engravers to 1870; Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1992; p 109 [13].
Profile:	Richard Hamner [sic] Bunbury; in: Jennifer Phipps; Artists' Gardens; Bay Books, Sydney, 1986, pp 34-35.
Profile:	William R O'Byrne; A Naval Biographical Dictionary; John Murray, London, 1849, p 145.

Updates

2024-10-13	Page formatting revised.
2023-12-30	Life Events updated and references added.
2022-02-07	Military career updated.